“I’m starting to feel all the hype,” Hawn on Tuesday told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). “I went to the Bellator offices (in California) and saw them, and there’s a lot of publicity going into this. I’m happy to be the main event. We’re worthy of that, and I know Michael comes out every fight like a raging bull, and I probably will as well. I don’t want to let the emotions get too much of me. But there’s a lot of excitement built around this fight.”

“Bellator 85: Chandler vs. Hawn” takes place at Bren Events Center on the campus of The University of California-Irvine. The three-fight main card, headlined by Chandler-Hawn, airs on Spike TV at 10 p.m. ET and is preceded by prelims on Spike.com.

Hawn comes into the title fight on the strength of a three-fight tear through the Season 6 lightweight tournament. In that tourney, he knocked out Ricardo Tirloni and Lloyd Woodard before a unanimous decision win over Brent Weedman to claim $100,000 in total tournament prize money and his shot at Chandler.

Working with Firas Zahabi and the Tristar Gym team in Montreal, Hawn said he’s been trying to hone his game into a more well-rounded fighter.

“He’s a very good wrestler, so I really needed to focus on wrestling,” he said. “But other than that, I really focused on what I needed to do and my overall game, which was become a better boxer, better striker (and) better grappler. We worked on specific things for him – wrestling, mostly, and jiu-jitsu. But most of the training camp was improving my overall game.”

Hawn said Zahabi, known as one of the sport’s most cerebral coaches, is starting to pay dividends. And that could result in another belt for the team in Montreal – which has UFC welterweight Georges St-Pierre as its biggest name.

“He’s a thinker,” Hawn said. “He really goes out and dissects the opponent and comes up with a game plan that’s smart. We spent a lot of time on this training camp – I’ve been in Montreal 12 weeks, basically. Firas really has an understanding of the MMA game, and he’s a brilliant coach and teacher. I’m happy to be with him.”

And when it comes to that mental side of things, Hawn continued down a visualization path he’s been using for years now, dating back to his early days in Olympic-level judo.

“Visualization is key in athletics,” he said. “I’ve envisioned every scenario possible for this fight. It’s an exciting matchup in every facet of the fight. I don’t want to get caught up in the fight going just one way. I’m ready and prepared for everything, and I”m sure there will be things he’ll bring to the table that I haven’t seen before.”

But the one area Hawn most wants to visualize is getting his hand raised and leaving California with the Bellator lightweight belt.

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